YOGA RETREATS

 

OUR RETREAT

Every year, La Dogana hosts Yoga retreats on its beautiful 100 acre olive grove estate or in Montemelino, sister venue overlooking the vineyard. Mixing yoga and Italian activities gives guests a unique experience they won’t forget. Just picture yourself starting your morning in downward dog in the rolling hills of Italy on a beautiful Italian morning.

After breakfast, a day of adventure awaits with a city tour where you can shop, eat, and explore your way around an old city. Or maybe go horseback or bike riding in the Tuscan hills. After returning to La Dogana and relaxing by the pool, a homemade Italian dinner awaits. Come and see what else La Dogana can offer you on this amazing retreat.

 

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What the retreat bundle includes

6 Nights Accommodation

 

6 nights accommodation in a quaint Italian countryside apartment.

 

Each apartment has its own kitchen equipped with appliances, a bathroom, bedroom(s), and amazing views.

6 Breakfasts and Dinners

 

Farm to the table daily breakfasts and dinners home made by our chef. Our menu is mostly vegetarian with a balance between carbs, protein and vegetables. Vegan, gluten and lactose free menu are possible on request.

Daily Yoga Classes 

 

Yoga lessons with your yoga teacher every day in our yoga room which is the restored ancient olive oil mill room of the venue.

We have straps, blocks, Manduka mats, blankets and rectangular bolster so you don’t have to bring anything.

3 Town Tours

 

3 beautiful town tours between Tuscany & Umbria including transportations. Small towns selected by Lucia where you will be guided by one of our professional town guides followed by free time to explore, have lunch and shopping.

3 Experiences

 

A wine visit and tasting of a small family owned winery farm, a cooking class of fresh pasta with the chef Elisa followed by a light lunch and one picnic lunch in a cheese Tuscan romantic place.

 

Private Transfers

 

Private transportation to and from an airport. You will find the driver at the exit after the luggage claim area with a sign with the retreat name. All details will be given with the inquiry. It’s up to the teacher to decide which airport will be the group meeting point between Florence Peretola or Rome Fiumicino airport.

Not included

  • Airfare

  • Travel Insurance

  • Extra excursions or extra meals

  • Transportation not listed and outside the final week schedule of the retreat date.

 

However it always depends on the teacher’s bundle: some of our retreats include all lunches but not excursions or there may be different food experiences from the one above stated. When you fill the form of the retreat you would like to attend you will receive by email all the details and what is included on the selected retreat. At the end of this page you find all retreats dates and link to their forms.

Where are you staying

 

Our family venue

 

La Dogana is a family run historical estate looking to the Trasimeno lake, set amongst 4,000 olive trees that produce every year our delicious organic olive oil. It is formed by the one building the lake house with 11 apartments and the coach house, an independent house at 300 meters distance.

Nine apartments are formed by two bedrooms, one with a double bed and one with two single beds, one bathroom, one living-room and one kitchenette. The last two apartments are with one bedroom with double bed, one living room, kitchenette and bathroom.

Each apartment has an Italian coffee maker moka (click here to see how to use it), 100% natural and organic hand and body soap, shampoo and dishes soap, bathroom and swimming-pool towels, bedlinen.

Near the lake house you will find our facility house with inside a free washing machine with 100% natural soap, microwave, tea boiler, refrigerator with ice, different type of tea, instant coffee, sugar, olive oil, more toilet paper and swimming pool towels everything always for free for all our guests. We do not have a dry machine, each apartment has a clothing hanger to dry clothes at the sun.

On top of our hill at 500 meters from the lake house is situated our swimming-pool with a stunning view over the lake and its islands.

Our restaurant is the heart of the venue and it is where we will prepare all your delicious meals every morning and night with farm to the table products. Our beautiful yoga studio is situated at the first floor of the restaurant and can fit 20 guests comfortably with yet again a gorgeous view, you will find manduka mats (4mm and 5mm), blankets, blocks, straps and pillows.

Today Lucia, with her beautiful team of 8 women and Matteo, the amazing gardener, runs the venue preserving the work of their ancestors and the beauty of its nature, Lucia is the fourth generation running the estate.

Who will host you

Lucia, Elisa & Lizzy

Lucia and all her team work over all inquiries emails, retreat structure organization and will welcome you at your arrival in the venues and will always be there for you. We will share together all the adventures and experiences of the retreat week.

We look forward to seeing you in Italy!

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Retreat Transfers & Policy

 

Private group transfers

Our bundles include private group transfers to and from either Florence (1.5 hours drive) or Rome airport (2.5 hours drive). It is up to the teacher to decide which airport will be chosen for the pick up and drop off. The transport used during the three towns tours is also included in the bundle.

The meeting point with the rest of the group will be at the arrivals terminal which you will find upon exiting the baggage claim area. If you come to the meeting point from somewhere other than the plane on the meeting day just follow the signs for “arrivals” when you get to the airport.

The transfer driver will have a sign that says: “Yoga Retreat – Dogana”.

The checkout and departure from the venue back to the airport is always at 9.30 am. 

Any other type of transfer is an extra cost to be paid by the clients and cannot be discounted from the cost of the bundle. If you need an early departure we can arrange it for you and you will be charged for this accordingly.

 

Payments & Policy

  1. A 30% non refundable reservation fee is required to book your spot. You may pay with credit card or PayPal.
  2. The final payment is due one month before the retreat check-in.
  3. We recommend to purchase a travel insurance that can refund you in case you had to cancel your attendance.
  4. Airfare is not included as well as any other extra transfer excluded from the ones in the package. In the inquiry text email you will find all details of the pick up and drop off transfers meeting point.
  5. For 2025 travellers for many countries it is mandatory to request online the new VISA to enter in Italy, you may find all details and the official link for the registration at the following link: 2025 VISA click here

Check below our FAQ to find more details for your trip to Italy!

Read our Retreat FAQ

Testimonials

Your words, my inspiration!

We had a wonderful time at La Dogana during a week long yoga retreat in May. The yoga was excellent. Location is beautiful, the accommodations comfortable and the views of the lake and hills outstanding. Forays to local medieval towns were fun adventures. Lucia is a fabulous host, welcoming and attentive to every detail.

Lynn R Osborn

Absolutely gorgeous!! Stayed for a yoga retreat and was blown away by the rooms, the grounds, the town tours, the staff, all the activities and our amazing hosts Lucia and John who were so wonderful and attentive. I definitely want to come back every year!

Jessica Rich

HIGHL RECOMMENDED: We recently visited and stayed at the Montemelino property. It was originally a yoga reatreat that was cancelled, but John and Lucia worked so hard to help us plan the perfect trip for my friend and I. They set up w LOVELY schedule of events just for us and checked in on use every step of the way. The tours/activities they picked were definitely what we needed and we LOVED every step of the journey. The apartments are very traditional and lovely, the views are AMAZING, they have a clean and beautiful pool and lots of things to do 🙂 We will be back and hope to bring more people

Maria Campbell

I recently returned from a fabulous, relaxing yoga retreat at La Dogana! The countryside there is uncommonly beautiful. Lucia, the owner, is a very, very lovely person and can’t do enough for you. Really, everything about the place is very lovely – the apartments, the grounds, the yoga room. Everything! The food was consistently YUMMY! I really enjoyed swimming in the 25 meter pool (82 feet) and lazing around on the lounge chairs. The excursions and activities were great fun, including several wine tastings and a pizza making class. A yoga retreat at La Dogana is a wonderful, relaxing vacation and I cannot recommend it enough.

Barbara Fern Greenberg

INTERESTED IN JOIN US?

Here your next steps!

1

Send your inquiry

Choose below the retreat you would like to attend, in each you may see the teacher, venue and dates.

2

Confirm the reservation

Click on the button “book here” and follow the procedure on the website, first you fill the form and save it, then it will follow a page with all the details of the retreat (that will arrive to you also by email so you have a copy).

3

Send the deposit

At the end of all retreat details there is the button with the link to pay with PayPal or credit card to pay the 30% down payment to reserve your spot!

Also if you are not yet ready to book the retreat we recommend to fill the form of the retreat you would like to attend so you will get all the details of the selected retreat and we are always here for you if you have than any extra question.

2025 Retreats

13 – 19 September 2025
Dogana
with Pedro & Sumer

Private Group

25 – 31 May 2025
Montemelino
with Estelle Thomson

Private Group

27 April – 3 May 2025
Dogana
with Lindsay Maldonado

Private group

4 – 10 October 2025
Dogana
with Celeste

Details here

11 – 17 October 2025
Dogana
with Megan Twining

Fully booked

6 – 12 June 2025
Dogana
with Leda Elliott

Details here

20-26 September 2025
Dogana
with Amy & Todd

Details here

1-7 June 2025
Montemelino
with Annelise Kristoffersen

Details here

27th September – 3rd October 2025
Dogana
with Megan Bettis

Private Group

11th – 17th May 2025
Dogana
with Anne Curtis

Fully booked

30th August – 5th September 2025
Dogana
with Jamie Dickenson

Details here

28th June – 4th July 2025
Dogana
with Dee Lyon

Fully booked

6-12 September 2025
Dogana
with Kathy Daigneault

Private Group

21-27 June 2025

Dogana
with Sheri McCloskey

Private Group

2026 Retreats

2-8 May 2026
Dogana
Jordyn & Shannon

Private group

10-16 May 2026
Dogana
with Anne Curtis

Details here

14-20 June 2026
Dogana
with Julia & Andrew

Details here

6-12 September 2026
Dogana 
with Lanta Bice Totten

Private group

20-26 September 2026
Dogana
Emily of True Moo Yoga

Details here

 

 

WOULD YOU LIKE TO HOST YOUR OWN RETREAT?

 

If you are a yoga teacher or in general you would like to host a retreat in our venues contact us. We can design the retreat based on your desires and your group needs.

Teacher and her/his + one have their own private apartment. We have different type of bundles that we may mix and match based on yours and your group’s needs.

Contact us at our email below to received our brochure with all options, prices and details. We start taking reservations one year in advance, and many loyal teachers book for every year; so please keep in mind most dates may be already booked one year in advance.

We look forward to hearing your ideas and design together an amazing retreat!

Write us an email at retreats@agriturismodogana.it